Using Text-to-Speech

The following is an example of our SpeechRequestMessage that we are sending to the TTS engine. The rate is an integral value between -10 and 10, the volume is an integral value between 0 and 100, and the maleSpeaker parameter is either one for a male voice, or zero for a female voice.

We arranged for quite a lot of text to be spoken so that you have enough text to get a feel for the benefits of TTS. Please feel free to customize the text to whatever works best for your situation:

SpeechRequestMessage msg = new SpeechRequestMessage
{
rate = 0,
maleSpeaker = 0,
volume = 50,
ID = 1,
text =
"As to country N and President Z, we believe we're entering a missile renaissance, said Ian Williams, ",
};

msg.text += " an associate director  at the center for strategic and International Studies, who has been compiling data on missile programs in different countries.";

msg.text  += " A growing number of countries with ready access to missiles increases regional tensions and makes war...